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Remote
Supervisor
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II-EXA
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code
update
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Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA
device
drivers
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Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA
firmware
code
update
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Advanced
Settings
Utility
program
The
software
and
firmware
files
that
you
need
are
contained
in
one
system
service
package
for
Linux
installation
kit.
Complete
the
following
steps
to
locate
and
download
the
package
file:
1.
Go
to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
2.
In
the
left
navigation
pane,
click
Search
PC
support.
3.
In
the
“Search
PC
support”
window,
under
Additional
search
options,
in
the
Restrict
to
this
document
type
field,
select
Downloads
and
drivers.
4.
In
the
Restrict
to
this
brand
field,
select
Servers.
5.
Wait
for
the
page
to
automatically
refresh;
then,
in
the
Restrict
to
this
family
field,
select
your
server
model.
6.
Wait
for
the
page
to
automatically
refresh;
then,
in
the
Enter
search
terms
field,
type
"system
service
package".
(Do
not
use
the
Search
field.)
7.
Click
Search.
8.
Select
the
system
service
package
that
corresponds
to
the
server
model
and
the
operating
system
that
is
running
on
the
server
in
which
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II
is
installed.
The
file
you
download
will
be
in
*.tgz
format.
9.
Click
the
file
link
to
download
the
system
service
package.
10.
From
a
command-line
prompt,
type
tar
-xvfz
filename.tgz,
where
filename
is
the
name
of
the
file
you
downloaded.
This
command
will
create
a
directory
named
ibmssp
and
extract
the
files
to
it.
11.
See
the
readme.txt
file
that
is
extracted
into
the
ibmssp
directory
for
a
list
of
the
file
names
and
their
descriptions.
12.
To
ensure
correct
software
installation,
follow
the
detailed
installation
instructions
in
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II
Installation
Instructions
for
Linux
Users,
which
is
in
Portable
Document
Format
(PDF)
in
the
ibmssp
directory.
Then,
continue
with
“Completing
the
setup.”
Completing
the
setup:
Complete
the
following
steps
to
complete
the
setup
of
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA:
1.
If
you
plan
to
configure
Simple
Network
Management
Protocol
(SNMP)
traps
on
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA,
install
and
compile
the
management
information
base
(MIB)
on
your
SNMP
manager.
The
MIB
supports
SNMP
traps.
The
MIB
is
available
on
the
IBM
Support
Web
site.
For
more
information,
see
“Obtaining
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA
software
and
firmware”
on
page
44.
2.
If
you
did
not
restart
the
server
after
installing
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA
device
drivers,
restart
the
server
now.
3.
See
the
IBM
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II
User’s
Guide
on
IBM
xSeries
Documentation
CD
for
detailed
instructions
for
completing
the
configuration
of
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA,
including
the
following
features:
v
Defining
the
login
IDs
and
passwords
v
Selecting
the
events
that
will
receive
alert
notification
v
Monitoring
remote
server
status
using
the
Remote
Supervisor
Adapter
II-EXA
Web
interface
46
xSeries
445
Type
8870:
User’s
Guide